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College of Arts and Sciences boasts 12 of 51 OSU Seniors of Significance for 2025-26

Of the 51 Oklahoma State University Seniors of Significance named by the OSU Alumni Association this week, twelve are College of Arts and Sciences students. The Seniors of Significance Award recognizes students who have excelled in scholarship, leadership and service to campus and community and have brought distinction to OSU.
Portraits of the 12 CAS Seniors of Significance for 2025-26.
Two OSU life sciences departments to merge, creating Department of Biology

Tue, May 27, 2025

Oklahoma State University is advancing education and research in biological sciences with the upcoming merger of the Department of Integrative Biology and the Department of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution. On July 1, the two units will officially become a single entity: the OSU Department of Biology.

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Bachelot sees new opportunities amongst fire’s destruction of research site

Tue, Apr 15, 2025

When wildfires began to tear through the Stillwater region on March 14, Oklahoma State University’s Dr. Benedicte Bachelot wasn’t thinking about her research at the McPherson Botanical Preserve eight miles west of campus. “It was only when I got home safely with my kids on the east side of town that I realized that my site was on fire,” Bachelot said.

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Geography, plant biology professors secure NASA funding for grasslands research using remote sensing

Thu, Apr 10, 2025

A team of researchers led by Oklahoma State University Department of Geography’s Dr. Hamed Gholizadeh recently received more than $730 thousand in NASA funding to further its research into grassland systems, specifically looking at how management practices like prescribed fire and grazing are impacting biodiversity.

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OSU biology professor partners with education studio to develop free lessons for high schools nationwide

Mon, Mar 03, 2025

The calls of gray treefrogs are making their way from Oklahoma wetlands to high school biology classrooms nationwide, thanks to Oklahoma State University professor Dr. Michael Reichert.

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Eleven of 25 OSU Outstanding Seniors call College of Arts and Sciences home

Mon, Mar 03, 2025

Of the 25 Outstanding Seniors selected by the Oklahoma State University Alumni Association for the 2024-25 academic year, 11 are students within the College of Arts and Sciences. The Outstanding Seniors award recognizes OSU students who show excellence through academic achievement; campus and community involvement; academic, athletic or extracurricular honors or awards; scholarships; and work ethic during their time at Oklahoma State.

College of Arts and SciencesSchool of Media and Strategic CommunicationsMichael and Anne Greenwood School of MusicDepartment of ChemistryDepartment of BiologyCASDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsDepartment of MusicDepartment of HistoryPolitical Science
Four CAS student researchers present at Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium

Fri, Dec 13, 2024

Four students conducting research within Oklahoma State University’s College of Arts and Sciences delivered oral presentations at the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium in Houston in November. CAS students Elyse Cronic, Megan Roach, Kalen Strunk and Ferguson College of Agriculture student Elizabeth Struble attended GCURS, a prestigious undergraduate research conference that provides students around the world with opportunities to present their original research to a peer audience.

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